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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what town did Nick grow up?
(a) Phillipsburg.
(b) Paducah.
(c) Petoskey.
(d) Pittsfield.
2. Who is the boxer that Nick visits to warn him about the men who want to kill him?
(a) Old Joe.
(b) Ole Joe.
(c) Ole Hanson.
(d) Ole Anderson.
3. Why does Nick's father fight with a man?
(a) He backs into his car in a parking lot.
(b) He has different political views.
(c) He wants him to cut wood.
(d) He won't repay a loan.
4. What thought scared Nick when he was alone?
(a) He would die one day.
(b) His mother had cancer.
(c) His father was going to war.
(d) He would die young.
5. What happened to Nick when he was by himself?
(a) He loved the solitude.
(b) He got scared.
(c) He tried to get a friend to come over.
(d) He slept all day.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Nick's father's demeanor when he is recalled to camp?
2. Who does Nick learn wins the final game of the World Series?
3. Who do Nick and Leon tease about a girl?
4. What type of business does Aunt Halley's husband run?
5. On what is Nick riding on his return home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Marjorie's relationship to Nick and how does he feel about the relationship at this point?
2. In what way could this story be autobiographical for Hemingway?
3. How does Nick's father help Nick deal with the graphic events of surgery and suicide?
4. What does Nick recall about being scared when camping with his father and uncle one time?
5. Why does Hemingway mention Mark Twain and his characters in the story?
6. What happened to the Indians, some of whom at one time were considered successful in the area?
7. What is Nick doing as the story begins and who does he meet?
8. What is the role of nature in this story?
9. What stereotypes does Hemingway point out related to the peasants and the way the innkeeper refers to them?
10. What is the editor's main point about the book as stated in the Preface?
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